Grand Hallway is an eight piece orchestral pop band from Seattle featuring singer/songwriter Tomo Nakayama and members of local favorites Voyager One, the Maldives, Sleepy Eyes of Death, Widower, and Shenandoah Davis. Grand Hallway’s debut album, “Yes Is The Answer” was released in 2007 in Japan on Sideout Records (home to Bright Eyes, Cursive, Two Gallants, The Velvet Teen), and self-released by the band in the United States. A follow-up EP, “We Flew Ephemera”, was released in early 2008. Tours include time on the West Coast, a tour of Japan with Arthur and Yu and Shugo Tokumaru, and festivals including Sasquatch and Bumbershoot. Grand Hallway’s second album, “Promenade”, was released on September 15, 2009. For the record release party, the band performed with a full orchestra and a children’s choir to a sold out crowd. “Promenade” received heavy airplay on college stations nationwide, placed 29 on KEXP’s Year-end List, and was named 2 on NPR’s Best New Discoveries of 2009.

Grand Hallway have shared the stage with: Shearwater, Damien Jurado, Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes), The Thermals, Cave Singers, Helio Sequence, Jesse Sykes, Throw Me the Statue, Noah and the Whale, Loney,Dear, Headlights, Shugo Tokumaru, Arthur and Yu, Moondoggies, Pica Beats, Laura Gibson, Manuok, Loch Lomond, and many more.